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The second departure of the Global Solo Challenge By Margherita Pelaschier / Global Solo Challenge Yesterday, Sunday, September 17th, marked the departure of Edouard De Keyser, the only Belgian skipper entered in the Global Solo Challenge. Originally scheduled for Saturday,…
The Portuguese Rescue Coordination Center is working with the McIntyre Ocean Globe crisis management team to coordinate a long-range helicopter medivac of injured sailor Stéphane Raguenes on board the French yacht TRIANA. The yacht is one of 14 entrants that…
Ocean racing, let alone racing around the world, doesn’t get better than this! The honeymoon champagne sailing is over and big winds are on the way. After a speculator send-off from Southampton on Sunday, the 14 yachts taking part in…
50 years of sailing history on display on the SolentTHE OGR is ON! 10th September 2023 History was made anew today as the cannons of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, signaled the start of the inaugural McIntyre Ocean Globe mirroring…
Final preparations are in full swing for the 7th October start of the Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race, the longest and potentially toughest race on the Australian/New Zealand offshore racing calendar this year. A diverse fleet of yachts ranging from…
1200hrs, Sunday 13th August saw the start of the Plymouth Fastnet Race. A South- south westerly 14-16 knot wind greeted them as they made their way out of the western entrance of Plymouth Sound towards the Eddystone Lighthouse. The sea…
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 25/08/2023 Given the light, patchy forecast, the Palermo-Montecarlo, which set sail on Tuesday 22 August, yet again proved itself to be highly tactical demanding patience and utmost concentration from competitors. With…
Calero Marinas – Marina Lanzarote, Arrecife, Canary Islands to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada Starting on 7th January 2024, the 3,000-mile race across the Atlantic Ocean is organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club and supported by Calero…
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 21/08/2023 The 18th Palermo-Montecarlo yacht race sets sail from the Mondello district of Palermo, Sicily tomorrow and will be the concluding event in the International Maxi Association’s 2022-23 Mediterranean Maxi Offshore…
Dr Simon Torvaldsen’s brand new JPK 11.80 “Atomic Blonde” follows in the tradition of his previous JPK a Winner of WA’s prestigious Siska Trophy in 2021. Made in Australia for JPK Pacific by Innovation Composites the new JPK 11.80 will…
Making its fourth appearance on the global race route, Airlie Beach in The Whitsundays will once again welcome the eleven-strong fleet of Clipper Race yachts in January 2024. Known to be one of the toughest endurance challenges on the planet,…
The new JPK 11.80 for owners Denis and Chris McConnell was transported from Nowra and launched at Sandringham YC in early July. Designed by French naval architect Jacques Valer and proudly “Made in Australia” by JPK Pacific and Innovation Composites….
Norbert Sedlacek Embarks on Epic Solo Voyage to Set World First Record Press Release – Les Sables d’Olonne, 06th August 2023 Norbert Sedlacek, renowned skipper in Les Sables d’Olonne and founder of Innovation Yachts, is embarking on a historic journey…
COWES, 3 August, 2023, James Boyd/RORC: The 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race proved near perfect as a celebration of the 50th running of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event. As a reminder of what a brutal race it can be,…
URM Group is the Overall winner of the 2023 Peter Rysdyk Memorial Trophy for the 2023 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, while Andoo Comanche has claimed Line Honours. This is the first in the six-race Audi Centre Sydney Blue…
A classy and eclectic fleet is preparing to line up for Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron’s 2023 Yacht Sales Co. Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race, which starts on Moreton Bay at 11am on Friday 4 August when rugby great, ‘King’…
Andoo Comanche has claimed Line Honours in the 384 nautical mile Noakes Sydney Gold Coast, for the second year in a row. The VPLP/Verdier Maxi 100, skippered by John Winning Jr, crossed the line at 4.34am in 1 day, 15…
A textbook start was delivered to those competing today in the 2023 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Fifty-seven boats assembled on the start-line at 1300hrs, before they began tacking and weaving their way across Sydney Harbour out toward the…
Congratulations to the Aussie finishers in the 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race. From my sofa, it looked like a very tough race! Jules Hall and Jan Scholten in their J/99 Disko Trooper Contender Sailcloth IRC Two-Handed – 14th out of 96…
CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, 28 July: One of the strongest competitions within the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50th Rolex Fastnet Race was in the ever-swelling ranks of IRC Two-Handed, mostly populated from IRC Two and IRC Three. This has steadily grown since it…
Press ReleaseLes Sables d’Olonne, 27th July 2023 For the 5th time, Skipper, Founder, and Managing Director of Innovation Yachts, Norbert Sedlacek Koch is attempting to become the first sailor ever to sail around the world single handed, non-stop, and without…
Press Release New York, 27 July 2023The maxi trimaran Sails of Change set out from New York at 13:10:08 UTC on Thursday in an attempt to break the trans-Atlantic record. Yann Guichard and his 11-strong crew arrived in the United…
PRESS RELEASE: 27 July 2023 CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, 27 July: The outcome of IRC Two hung in the balance until the very end, but it was Juzzy who came through to win at the end, as the fleet arrived in a wet,…
PRESS RELEASE: 27 July 2023 CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, 27 July: Gilles Fournier and his family and friends on Pintia couldn’t quite believe they had managed to win IRC One after such a close battle with Sunrise III. Having raced offshore regularly for…
PRESS RELEASE: 26 July 2023 While there was some serious 40ft competition and much new hardware in IRC Zero, some of the most impressive offshore racers of this size were competing in the Class40. Remarkably after 20 years of existence,…
PRESS RELEASE: 26 July 2023 CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, 26 JULY 2023: Max Klink’s Botin 52 Caro has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race. After being confirmed as winner of IRC Zero yesterday, no other boat still racing on the…
PRESS RELEASE: 25 July 2023 The overnight steady stream of finishers into Cherbourg-en-Cotentin at the end of the Rolex Fastnet Race slowed over the course of today as the wind has gone light over the western English Channel. This was…
A fleet of 57 boats is locked in for the 2023 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race which starts on Saturday 29 July 2023 @ 13:00. This is the 37th Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, hosted by the Cruising…
With the next Vendée Globe taking place next year, so the IMOCA turn-out for this year’s special 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race featured an impressive 29 boats, including much new hardware. These included reigning IMOCA class champion Charlie…
Having been so dramatically pipped at the post by Maxi Groupe Edmond de Rothschild in the last breath of the 2019 race, François Gabart and his team, this time racing the giant 32m long flying trimaran SVR Lazartigue, rectified this…
CHERBOURG, Sunday 23 July 2023: After a tough first 24 hours in this 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race, conditions have abated in the English Channel and Celtic Sea. This afternoon the Seven Stones lightvessel between Land’s End and…
COWES, UK, Sunday 23 July 2023: A brutal first night at sea in this 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race has seen numerous retirements and many others seeking temporary shelter from the gale force conditions in the English Channel….
Saturday 22 July- The Solent shoreline was packed deep with spectators braving the conditions to witness the greatest assortment of offshore yacht racing hardware ever assembled. The special 50th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race set…
COWES, UK, 21 JULY 2023: Momentum is building towards tomorrow afternoon’s start of the 50th Rolex Fastnet Race. More and more boats are arriving in Cowes and to moorings and berths across the Solent. Meanwhile an armada has left from…
COWES, UK, 20 JULY 2023: 2023 and 2025 will be landmark years for the Royal Ocean Racing Club, with this year seeing the celebrations for the 50th edition of its premier event, the Rolex Fastnet Race. This sets sail from…
The Ocean Race 2022-23 featured the most ambitious sustainability programme in the Race’s 50 year history, including initiatives that were firsts in the event industry and sports’ world, from efforts to influence global ocean policy to pioneering ways to reduce…
COWES, UK, 18 JULY 2023: As competitors in this special anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50th Rolex Fastnet Race arrive in the Solent, or Cherbourg in preparation for Saturday’s start from Cowes, focus is turning to the…
COWES, UK, Saturday 15 JULY 2023: Seven days until the sails rise, hearts race, and dreams chase the horizon at the 50th Edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. Undoubtedly among the crown jewels of offshore sailing, the Rolex Fastnet Race…
COWES, UK, 13 JULY 2023: France traditionally dominates the non-IRC classes which compete in the Rolex Fastnet Race, both in numbers and results. This comes as no surprise since they created classes such as the Ultim and IMOCA. This has…
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 12/07/2023 Thanks to its famous Meltemi, the third edition of the Aegean 600 this week galvanised its reputation as one of the windiest of the world’s 600 mile offshore races. Particularly…
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